Judge of the Song Dynasty Chapter 543: Collecting profits in the law (1)

After the imperial court announced that it would openly hear the case, the attention of the entire Hezhong Mansion was on the imperial court again.

On the surface, it seems that the public security law is aggressive, but it is really not.

So far, the Public Security Bureau is completely passive.

Because as far as common sense is concerned, this case should not be brought up in the imperial court. If there is no public prosecution law, then Cai Yanqing can solve it with a word.

It can be seen that it is not the public security law that is making things difficult for the government, but the government is making things difficult for the public security law.

But this is also within Zhang Fei's prediction.

The rise of a new force will inevitably attract a group attack from the old forces.

This is inevitable.

Because there is only so much power, the rise of new forces must be at the expense of old forces.

The old forces will try their best to add chaos to you. Their interests are intricate and their soldiers are strong. Even if you kill a wave of my officials, they will be replaced by our people.

Almost all these officials belong to the old forces.

But you public prosecutors can't afford to lose, as long as you lose once, you will be seriously injured.

These officials are all human beings. They think that this lawsuit is of great benefit to themselves, and it is of course best to win.

But even if they lose, it will only make their finances even worse.

The best weapon against justice is finance.

As far as the court is concerned, finance is definitely better than justice.

So they are also confident.

......

God is good.

A heavy rain last night washed away the hot breath on the surface of the earth, providing a better experience for the next day's review.

Early in the morning, the officials rushed to the imperial court one after another.

Although there are all kinds of dissatisfaction in the mouth, it is still worth it. Sixty-seven out of ten of the country's finances are concentrated on military expenditures. You must know that the national finances of the Song Dynasty were a very large amount.

How many people's interests are involved here, it can be said that it is closely related to every official of the Hezhong Mansion, plus the court's support for the imperial court, if they don't come in person, can they feel at ease?

In an instant, the entire imperial court was filled with complaints.

Officials complained to various "envoys" such as Wang Shao, Guo Kui, and Yuan Jiang, all of whom represented the imperial court.

Look, once the public security law comes, the entire Hezhong Mansion will not be safe, and we officials are all tied up, and we dare not work hard.

The implication is, what are we doing this for?

Not yet for national finances.

Who dares to collect money for the country if the public security system does this.

Everyone knows this kind of thing in their hearts. Wang Hong is a typical example. The country is in urgent need of money, so whoever can get money will be a good official.

Here let us try our best to make money, and there are some public prosecutors and laws to trip us up.

Are you kidding us?

Wang Shao and Guo Kui were very clear in their hearts, and they both said that they would definitely explain everyone's difficulties to the court.

Without money, everyone has to finish playing.

I still have to coax a little.

Actually, these old foxes have already seen that the Public Security Bureau has not completely torn their skins, suing the transshipment department instead of the transshipment envoy.

Since you are suing the government, no matter what, no officials will be involved.

There must be considerations in this regard.

......

Chen is approaching, and the front gate is already packed to the brim. The difference is that this time, the people standing in front are all tall and burly young people, and they are no longer aunts selling tea on the street. , the citizens could not squeeze in at all.

This lawsuit is closely related to the interests of the soldiers.

They are eager for Chen Guang to win this lawsuit, because more or less, they have all received similar treatment, and this resentment has been held back for a long time.

The officials don't feel the pressure. If all these bad things are exposed and cause a mutiny, then the public prosecutor's law will be completely over.

As usual, Cai Jing, Cai Bian, Shangguan Jun, and Ye Zuqia, as well as Su Zhe, Chen Qi, and Wang Shen from the procuratorate entered the court one after another and began to sort out the required documents.

However, this time the imperial court is behind the procuratorate, and there is an additional seat, and two young people came to that seat to sort out their documents.

One of them is very familiar to everyone, that is, Li Min, who helped the salt merchant in the lawsuit last time, and the other is Qiu Zhengwen.

However, this time, everyone did not wait anxiously for Zhang Fei, and all eyes were fixed on Su Zhe.

It has been proved that the procuratorate is forcibly prosecuting this case. The imperial court was still hesitant before, which shows that the procuratorate is really not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.

"This time we offended everyone."

Chen Qi muttered in a low voice with a glow on his back.

Su Zhe felt helpless and said: "But we have given them a chance, they are going to use this to deal with us, we have no choice."

As he spoke, he glanced back at Qiu Zhengwen and Li Min, then turned his head to look at the empty seat on the other side, and said, "They still haven't asked for ear pens."

Chen Qidao: "The people who appeared in court today are all officials, how could they believe that little pen."

"That's true."

Su Zhe nodded slightly.

As far as facts are concerned, eloquence, talent, and understanding of law, how can those ear pens compare with officials? The smartest people in the world are all officials. It is impossible for officials to use the ear pen to help them fight the lawsuit.

When they were almost ready, Zhang Fei and Xu Zhiqian came late.

Whether you like it or not, the simple and rough etiquette of the imperial court is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Bang!

Zhang Fei knocked on the gavel, "Silence!"

There was a sudden silence in front of the gate of the imperial court.

Zhang Fei looked around and said loudly: "Before the trial begins, this court should explain that what the imperial court is hearing today is a joint lawsuit."

Speaking, he stretched out his hand to lead Su Zhe, "The procuratorate is suing the Transshipment Division for arrears of military pay. This is a criminal case. In addition, the litigant, Chen Guang, also entrusted the Legal Aid Department to file a lawsuit with the Transshipment Division. Litigation."

Everyone was dumbfounded.

What do you mean?

Isn't that the same thing?

Even those officials couldn't understand it.

Zhang Fei also explained: "In the future, our imperial court will set up a civil imperial court and a criminal imperial court. The imperial court will issue a notice for specific explanations. The chief judge will briefly explain here.

The best thing to understand is that criminal cases will inevitably trigger penalties, such as theft, murder, corruption, and deduction of military pay. For such cases, once the evidence is convincing, the imperial court will inevitably impose penalties, and the procuratorate will inevitably intervening.

Civil cases usually refer to disputes over interests between people, such as disputes over debts, inheritances, marriages, etc. Such cases will not involve criminal penalties.

Here, the president of the court would like to make a special explanation. According to the previous rules, the government will use moss punishment for those who borrow money and fail to repay it, up to 60 mosses. If it is a civil case, no penalty will be used. At the same time, the procuratorate is usually only responsible for supervising such cases, and will not intervene in them to represent any party.

The embezzlement and arrears of military pay are within the purview of the procuratorate, but the compensation lawsuit brought by the plaintiff Chen Guang is a debt dispute. This is a civil case, and the procuratorate is inconvenient to intervene. Aid Agency, to proceed with litigation. "

After hearing these words, the common people were all dumbfounded. Is it so complicated?

However, many officials think that this public security law is really rigorous, and it sounds reasonable.

However, they all believed that it was due to Sima Guang.

Of course, some people think that this is a waste of manpower and material resources.

"Here I will introduce the Legal Aid Department again."

Zhang Fei said: "As the name suggests, the Legal Aid Department is to provide legal assistance to the people. This is because many people are illiterate and do not understand the law, so they often suffer losses in litigation. In order to seek fairness, the court decided to try to assist the Department. , but this is not an official office. There is no official in the Legal Aid Department. All the ear pens of the Legal Aid Department are voluntary. They are doing good deeds. They will help the people write pleadings for free without charging any fees.

Of course, this court will consider it as appropriate, and according to the specific circumstances, assign the ear pen of the Legal Aid Department to carry out litigation for the people, which is also free of charge. This time, considering the complexity of Chen Guang's lawsuit, the president of the court appointed Qiu Zhengwen, director of the Legal Aid Department, and his assistant Li Min to argue for him. "

Qiu Zhengwen and Li Min immediately stood up and bowed around, looking familiar.

This piece of paper has been ordered. It just so happens that this is a joint lawsuit involving the Legal Aid Department, so it must be publicized.

The people in front of the gate couldn't help but be ecstatic after hearing this, their previous worries were gone.

Complicated is complicated, but if professionals help, of course there is nothing to say.

Be considerate!

How considerate!

No loss is our beloved imperial court.

To know that nowadays, you can get dozens of pennies to find someone to write a pleading paper, let alone help people argue for free, which is really great.

Many officials sitting here treated each other with cold eyes.

They all saw the purpose of the Legal Aid Department at a glance, isn't it to encourage everyone to file a lawsuit?

In the past, the government tried to minimize the litigation of the people, because the gentlemen had to deal with all kinds of affairs during the day and at night. They also had to travel around, write lyrics and compose music.

But this is what the imperial court does. If no one comes to sue, what is the meaning of the existence of the imperial court? Of course they encourage it.

It is necessary for the common people to provide convenience for litigation.

After explaining all this, Zhang Fei knocked on the gavel and announced that the trial would officially start.

Su Zhe immediately asked for the plaintiff, Chen Guang, to appear in court.

I saw a man with a broken arm coming to the court anxiously, which immediately attracted a burst of sighs in front of the door. He fought for the country and became disabled. Get back your pension.

It's just, alas...!

Officials such as Guo Kui, Wang Shao, Yuan Jiang, etc. who are eager to make contributions can't help but look sad.

With such a military and political system, how can we win the battle.

Under Su Zhe's instruction, Chen Guangcai sat on the plaintiff's seat, but he felt as if he was sitting on pins and needles.

Su Zhe stood up and asked, "Chen Guang, where are you from?"

"Oh, I, I'm from Hedong County."

"Then what did you do for a living before?"

"I used to be a farmer. About four years ago, my hometown was hit by floods. There was almost no harvest, and there was no food left at home. I had to sell some land to make ends meet, but I couldn't afford to pay taxes either. Just in the fourth year of Zhiping, the government was recruiting soldiers, saying that those who enlisted in the army could be exempted from taxes, so I thought, this is better than borrowing usury, so I went to serve as a soldier."

It was another four years of Zhiping.

They knew in their hearts that this must have something to do with the Suizhou World War I.

The war is about to break out, and the Hezhong Mansion must recruit new soldiers, just in case.

Su Zhe asked again: "Where will you serve as a soldier after that?"

Chen Guang replied: "Afterwards, I went with a few folks to guard in Fuzhou."

Su Zhe asked: "Is it going well?"

Chen Guang shook his head and said: "At the beginning of the second year of Xining, an enemy army came to invade. During the battle, I...my arm was cut off by the enemy, and I almost died."

Speaking of the latter, he looked extremely lonely.

Su Zhe asked again: "What about after that?"

Chen Guangdao: "Afterwards, I recuperated in Fuzhou for half a year, and finally saved my life. At the end of last year, I returned to Hezhong Mansion."

Su Zhe asked: "Did the Yanzhou military camp tell you how to live after you come back?"

Chen Guang nodded and said: "Yuhou of our military camp gave me an official document, asking me to go to Hezhong Mansion to receive a pension with this official document."

Su Zhe asked: "The Marquis Yu can explain how much pension you receive and which official office you go to collect it."

Chen Guangdao: "The Qizhou military camp will transfer me back to Hezhong Mansion first, and then I will hand over the official documents to the military camp, and the military camp will naturally issue me a pension. He also said that according to the regulations, roughly 30 In addition, he also said that we were meritorious in repelling the enemy, and we should be able to ask for some rewards, which are all mentioned in these official documents."

Su Zhe asked: "Then did you follow the above instructions?"

Chen Guang nodded.

"Have you received a pension?"

"No."

Chen Guang shook his head and said, "It's been more than half a year, but there is no news at all."

Su Zhe asked: "What did the barracks say?"

Chen Guangdao: "Yu Hou, who is in charge of this matter, said that the current financial difficulties, the military treasury can't allocate too much money for the time being, let me go home and wait, and said that this is normal .”

Su Zhe said: "Since it is normal, why did you come to sue?"

Chen Guang suddenly became excited, "I can't help it. When I joined the army, the barracks were very good. Our salary is divided into two, and I will give my wife thirty meters a month. Sheng, fifteen catties of pickles, two hundred and fifty Wen, and a set of clothes for each season.

But after I came back, I found out that they gave my wife a bolt of rags and ten catties of pickles that were about to go moldy every month. one piece.

But those rags cannot pay back the money, which is not enough for my wife and children to survive, so my wife can only sell the few acres of land left in the family, in exchange for money to survive, and borrow a lot money. Now the creditors forced me to sell my wife and children, and I came to sue because I had nowhere to go. "

Speaking of the latter, he had tears in his eyes, but perhaps because there were too many people around, he still managed to hold back the tears.

Su Zhe asked: "Then before you file a complaint, can you go to the barracks to inquire again?"

"Go."

Chen Guang choked up and said: "But...but they still think I'm long-winded. When the money is allocated, they will come and let me go to collect the money. Then they kicked me out and let me be fine. Don't come to the barracks, I am no longer a soldier."

Almost all the soldiers watching the trial in front of the door were wriggling their lips, and all kinds of dirty words flowed between their lips and teeth, but no one made a sound.

Begging money from the government is really terrible, everyone feels the same, but they are still in the army, so they can only be angry and dare not speak out.